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2 Samuel 12:23 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 23 · King James Version
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.2 Samuel 12:23 · King James Version
2 Samuel 12:23 in context
21Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
Key words (Strong's)
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
- fasttsûwmto cover overH6684 →
- gohâlakto walkH1980 →
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